The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige has spoken against the decision of the National Assembly to recommend the autonomy of the local governments, insisting that local governments are local affairs that ought to be under the states.
The former governor of Anambra State who is currently sponsoring the Power Reform Bill and the Supreme Court Expansion Bill ssembly, his was a minority view.
Ngige was however quick to point out that the local government autonomy should be enforced at the level Of the state assemblies ensure that the people should the governments they deserve at the local level.
The view of Senator Ngige tallies with the unanimous position of all governors in the country, which may upturn the resolution at the level of the states.
For any item to be amended in the constitution, it must be endorsed by the resolution of 24 Houses of Assembly, in addition to that of the two chambers of the National Assembly.
The ex-governor of Anambra State spoke on an NTA Network programme this morning.
Illustrating with ‘Anambra State which has 21 state only ‘and Bayelsa State which has eight, Ngige noted that it would be the duty of states to readjust and create he adequate number of local governments that would serve their administrative need, noting that the existing ones were created by military fiat and ought not to be an instrument to bypass the states which are the federating units.
